Child&#39;s combination undergarment



1956 s. WARSHAWSKY CHILD'S COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT Filed 001;. 15, 1953 United States Patent CHILDS COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT Sarita Warshawsky, Chicago, Ill.

Application October 13, 1953, Serial No. 385,730

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-75) This invention relates to childrens undergarments and more particularly to an undergarment in which is combined an undershirt and petticoat or slip.

Heretofore infants and childrens underclothing consisted of a knitted undershirt sufficiently elastic to intimately clothe the upper torso of the child, together with lower garments of various types. In addition, slips or petticoats are often worn by the female child especially when it is necessary to afford a somewhat stiffer support for flaring out wide skirts of the type popular with children of tender years.

Such petticoats may be either of the full or half slip type. However, when such undergarments are worn, it has been necessary to devise means for preventing the shirt from crawling up on the torso and further means for retaining the slip in proper position from the waist of the child.

It is, therefore, an important object of this invention to provide a single combination undergarment which will serve the function of both a shirt and petticoat and will overcome the objections mentioned above.

Another object is to afford a combination garment so designed that the petticoat portion will maintain the undershirt in proper position while simultaneously the undershirt will maintain the petticoat in proper position suspending the same from the waist of the wearer.

A further object is to provide a combination garment having means for attaching thereto additional undergarments and accessories such as diapers, drawers, garters, and the like. Moreover, such undergarments and accessories may be attached in such a manner that they are effectively hidden from view by the combination garment itself.

Still another object is to afford a combination undergarment simple in design, neat in appearance and much less expensive than the two separate garments.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, arrangement and a combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment thereof, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with the following description, my invention, its mode of construction, assembly and operation, and many of its advantages should be readily understood and appreciated.

Referring to the drawings in which the same characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding or similar parts throughout the several figures of the drawings:

Fig. l is a view in perspective of my invention with a portion broken away at the waist to illustrate certain details of construction;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view illustrating other details. of construction.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, reference numeral 10 indicates generally a combination undergarment comprising a tubularly knitted undershirt 12 designed to comfortably conform to the upper torso of the wearer. Reference numeral 14 indicates the lower member of the garment 10 comprising a half slip or petticoat which may be formed of a woven somewhat stiffer textile. The slip 14 may be formed with a waistband 16 folded over and stitched as at 18. Within the waistband may be positioned a length of elastic tape 20 complet ly encircling the waist.

The lower marginal edge 22 of the shirt 12 may be attached to the waistband 16 of the slip 14 by means of stitching such as 24 and the stitching 18, which has been mentioned above as also forming the waistband 16.

Tabs such as 26 may be arranged in strategic position at the front and rear of the waistband 16. These tabs may be attached thereto as by stitching 28 and depend from the waist as shown in dotted outline in Fig. l and in solid outline in Fig. 2. The function of such tabs will become apparent as the description proceeds.

The petticoat 14 may be made of any desirable material but as was mentioned in the statement of the objects, since one of the functions is to afford a stiff backing or framework for better displaying in flared relationship, the skirt or outergarment of the girl, it is preferably made of a starched or stiff textile such as organdy, Seersucker, and the like. it may be trimmed as desired as for example with a bottom rufiie such as 30.

In the wearing of the garment, it will be apparent that the half slip or petticoat skirt 14 is maintained in position by several means, namely the elastic band 20 as well as the undershirt 12. So also the underskirt 14 attached to the lower marginal edge 22 of the undershirt 12 prevents the shirt from crawling up, thereby maintaining the same in neat, proper position on the body of the child.

When the undergarment is used by infants, the diapers may be pinned to the depending tabs 26, the slip 14 masking such garments from view. The tabs may further be used for attaching stockings, garters, or other necessary accessories.

When so attached such garments and accessories not only present a neat appearance but also do not exert a strain on the petticoat. Additionally they assist in maintaining the garment in proper position.

From the foregoing description it should be apparent that I have provided a neat combination undergarment for female children which may be effectively substituted for at least two separate garments such as an undershirt and a petticoat. I have further so designed the garment that the several parts thereof cooperate one with the other to maintain themselves in the most desirable position on the body of the child. I have further provided means for attaching accessories and further articles of apparel, again in a manner designed to maintain such articles and accessories in the most desirable position. Moreover, such articles when attached to the abovementioned means assist in maintaining the several members of the combination garment in the most desirable position as hereinabove mentioned.

it is believed that my invention, its mode of construction and assembly, and many of its advantages should be readily understood from the foregoing Without further description, and it should also be manifest that while a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described for illustrative purposes, the structural details are nevertheless capable of wide variation within the purview of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a childs undergarment of the character described; the combination of a tubularly-knit fabric elastic uppertorso undershirt and an outwardly flaring non-elastic stiffened etticoat skirt, the upper marginal edge of said skirt folded over and stitched to afford a hollow waistband, a band of elastic tape positioned within said waistband, said waistband stitched along the outside to the lower marginal edge of said undershirt, and a plurality of depending tabs stitched to the lower marginal edge of the undershirt and positioned to afford means for attaching undergarments and accessories thereto beneath said underskirt.

2. In a childs undergarment of the character described; the combination of a tubularly-knit fabric elastic uppertorso undershirt and an outwardly flaring non-elastic stiffened petticoat skirt, the upper marginal edge of said skirt folded over and stitched to afford a hollow waistband, and a band of elastic tape positioned within said waistband, said waistband stitched along the outside to the lower marginal edge of said undershirt.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,016,988 Fuchs Feb. 13, 1912 1,068,956 Werle July 29, 1913 1,091,665 Kirshen Mar. 31, 1914 1,102,520 Leman July 7, 1914 1,624,558 Nickerson Apr. 12, 1927 2, 41,274 Kay May 11, 1948 2,598,622 Tolkin May 27, 1952 2,666,920 Lang Jan. 26, 1954 

